AMD OPTERON 6272 ON NEWEGG.COM NOW!

[rgathright]

The 16 core Socket G34 chip is now available on NewEgg.com for $540!
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819113036
The AMD Bulldozer era has officially begun.

I will upgrade my BOINC cruncher in December after a few special checks hopefully come in.

If anyone seeks advice with building their own mega-cpu-cruncher, feel free PM me for free help.

[Mike029]

Nice Pic!!!

What motherboard would you go with that can run 2 or 3 gpu's? Is there such a MB?

[kaptainkarl1]

I want one!

[spingadus]

Interesting! I'm looking to build a mega cpu cruncher as well for my WCG badges. I wonder whats the most cores per $$? Energy usage is also a factor due to high electricity costs.

[rgathright]

Interesting! I'm looking to build a mega cpu cruncher as well for my WCG badges. I wonder whats the most cores per $$? Energy usage is also a factor due to high electricity costs.

To all of you, today is the first day that you can build a 32 core system using just 2 cpu sockets. The full system will cost you at least $1500 to build, but none of the parts listed below are expected to drop in price over the next six months. I call this "EBAY SAFE". In other words, you could sell it six months from now on Ebay for about 60% or more of what you paid.

The ASUS KGPE-D16 Dual Socket G34 motherboard will support 2x double slot video cards and I have run PrimeGrid with them for months now.

Shopping List For The core parts you will need:
ASUS KGPE-D16 Dual Socket G34 motherboard
At least 2 of these kits per CPU purchased: 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced Case

Here is the motherboard with memory installed, I decided to put memory in first so that I could keep it from flexing in the case.


Here is my system fully functional:

[Mike029]

To all of you, today is the first day that you can build a 32 core system using just 2 cpu sockets. The full system will cost you at least $1500 to build, but none of the parts listed below are expected to drop in price over the next six months. I call this "EBAY SAFE". In other words, you could sell it six months from now on Ebay for about 60% or more of what you paid.

The ASUS KGPE-D16 Dual Socket G34 motherboard will support 2x double slot video cards and I have run PrimeGrid with them for months now.

Shopping List For The core parts you will need:
ASUS KGPE-D16 Dual Socket G34 motherboard
At least 2 of these kits per CPU purchased: 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced Case

Here is the motherboard with memory installed, I decided to put memory in first so that I could keep it from flexing in the case.


Here is my system fully functional:

That is one awesome rig. Could youdo mix use on the gpu's? One AMD and one Nvidia?

[zombie67]

The "hidden" cost for the high thread/core systems is the RAM. Each thread should have at least 2gb RAM. Sure you can get by with less. But more and more projects are requiring more RAM per task. And while the number of threads per chip is climbing, the number of DIMM slots per mobo is not. With a 32 thread system, for example, you need 64gb. This particular mobo has 16 slots, so you can get away with 4gb DIMMs. But if you had less slots, you would be forced into 8gb DIMMs, which are not yet cheap (2-3x the cost of 4gb). So be sure to look at the threads per DIMM count when considering a build.

[STE\/E]

To all of you, today is the first day that you can build a 32 core system using just 2 cpu sockets. The full system will cost you at least $1500 to build

Isn't that quite a bit low for the build price ??? 2 CPU's & the Motherboard will run you close to $1500 alone, add in 64GB of Memory & the Case & Power Supply & your looking @ over $3000 for a full build, then there's the Video Cards Hard Drives etc ... ... Unless you have some sort of 50%+ Discount your going to spend well over $1500, still it's a lot cheaper than building 4 or 5 or more single core 4-6 Core PC's ...